Tomato and Potato Shortage in USA ~ Prepare now for famine [video]

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The prices are just up. I was wondering why potatoes were so damned expensive. It doesn't seem that serious: https://www.boisestatepublicradio.org/news/2022-08-09/idaho-potato-shortage-harvest-spud

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Some parts of that article do make it sound less serious:

“The harvest is starting in Idaho this week,” said Higham. “But it's not like you're starting and the pipeline is full. It's going to take several weeks for us to ramp up. It'll get better every week, but by after Labor Day, I feel like we'll be shipping a pretty good amount of potatoes.” But it is still rather bizarre to be in Idaho of all places, and there’s a shortage of potatoes.

But they also said the cause of the shortage was bad weather last year and this year the weather may have been worse, meaning the potato shortages could be much worse next year.